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Author | : Valentine Penrose |
Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2013-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1909923427 |
Descended from one of the most ancient aristocratic families of Europe, Erzsebet Bathory bore the psychotic aberrations of centuries of intermarriage. From adolescence she indulged in sadistic lesbian fantasies, where only the spilling of a woman’s blood could satisfy her urges. By middle age, she had regressed to a mirror-fixated state of pathological necro-sadism involving witchcraft, torture, blood-drinking, cannibalism and wholesale slaughter. These years, at the latter end of the 16th century, witnessed a reign of cruelty unsurpassed in the annals of mass murder, with the Countess’ depredations on the virgin girls of the Carpathians leading to some 650 deaths. Her many castles were equipped with chambers where she would hideously torture and mutilate her victims; hundreds of girls were killed and processed for the ultimate, youth-giving ritual: the bath of blood. The Bloody Countess is Valentine Penrose’s true, disturbing case history of a female psychopath, a chillingly lyrical account beautifully translated by Alexander Trocchi (author of Cain’s Book), which has an unequalled power to evoke the decadent melancholy of doomed, delinquent aristocracy in a dark age of superstition.
Author | : Carlos Bransby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Spanish language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephen Siciliano |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2004-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0595315119 |
Born to a Gothic social order, branded a haunter of men's dreams, Vedette is traumatized when her small town in the magical wetlands of southern Spain's Guadalquivir River is overrun by hashish-smoking anarchists promising free love and a life without sadness to those who would follow them. Entranced by their flamenco music, their philosophy of revenge, and the concrete ability to deliver political results, the young woman joins a movement destined to annihilation and becomes its sole survivor, burdened with the task of keeping its memory and project for a better world alive through conversations with their flamenco shadows. Transcending political viewpoints, Mr. Siciliano opens a new chapter in the understanding of the Spanish Civil War, opting for a literary interpretation that looks beyond right and wrong to more universal lessons only the passage of decades and the healing effects of time can reveal.
Author | : Hélène Seydoux |
Publisher | : Editorial Almuzara |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 8483566532 |
Hélène Seydoux establece brillantemente cómo en la ópera, más que en otras formas artísticas –literatura, teatro o cine–, las mujeres reciben el máximo privilegio al otorgar a las cantantes el mayor espacio lírico. Seydoux analiza las grandes óperas de los grandes compositores y trata de buscar un modelo emblemático femenino que sirva como referente común en el ámbito del bel canto, mientras trata de buscar paralelismos con la época, la sociedad, el momento en el que las óperas fueron creadas intentando establecer hasta que punto estas son reflejo de esas condiciones. Porque la ópera también es una interpretación del mundo. La autora, se aleja de la tesis de la musicología y ayuda al lector a descubrir (o a redescubrir) los placeres de la tragedia lírica, la comedia bufa o el drama jocular.
Author | : Guy Le Strange |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Ballads, Spanish |
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Author | : E. T. A. Hoffman |
Publisher | : Libros del Zorzal |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9875992623 |
A punto de entrar a su habitación, se dio vuelta una vez más, su mirada recayó sobre Deodatus y, con el picaporte en la mano, ¡se quedó como petrificado! Sus lúgubres ojos irradiaban un fuego salvaje, al tiempo que una palidez cadavérica recubría su convulsivo y trémulo rostro. Unánimemente reconocido por la historia de la literatura como el gran precursor del relato fantástico moderno, E. T. A. Hoffmann ha gozado de una oscilante fortuna en el mundo de habla hispana, que ciertamente lo menciona mucho más de lo que lo lee. Pero su obra, a veces relegada al ámbito de la literatura infantil y juvenil, y a menudo publicada en forma de cuentos aislados y sin mayor cuidado filológico, es mucho más consecuente y extensa de lo que suele suponerse. E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), figura principal del romanticis mo alemán, cultivó sobre todo la literatura fantástica y de horror. Fue, además, un notable compositor y crítico musical, jurista, y artista plástico. En sus cuentos crea una atmósfera de pesadilla alucinante, y aborda temas como el desdoblamiento de la personalidad, la locura, y el mundo de los sueños, que ejercieron gran influencia en escritores como Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant y Fiodor Dostoievski.
Author | : David William Foster |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1991-10-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0292776470 |
A taboo subject in many cultures, homosexuality has been traditionally repressed in Latin America, both as a way of life and as a subject for literature. Yet numerous writers have attempted to break the cultural silence surrounding homosexuality, using various strategies to overtly or covertly discuss lesbian and gay themes. In this study, David William Foster examines more than two dozen texts that deal with gay and lesbian topics, drawing from them significant insights into the relationship between homosexuality and society in different Latin American countries and time periods. Foster's study includes works both sympathetic and antagonistic to homosexuality, showing the range of opinion on this topic. The preponderance of his examples come from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, countries with historically active gay communities, although he also includes material on other countries. Noteworthy among the authors covered are Reinaldo Arenas, Adolfo Caminha, Isaac Chocrón, José Donoso, Sylvia Molloy, Alejandra Pizarnik, and Luis Zapata. David William Foster is Regents' Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University.
Author | : Alicia Gaspar de Alba |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780826320926 |
This historically accurate and beautifully written novel explores the secret inclinations, subjective desires, and political struggles of the 17th-century Mexican nun and poet.
Author | : Barbara Louise Mujica |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0300109563 |
An anthology of plays from the Spanish Golden Age contains the full text of 15 plays; an introduction to each play with information about the author, the work, performance issues and current criticism; and glossaries with definitions of difficult words and concepts.
Author | : Abraham Valdelomar |
Publisher | : Tacet Books |
Total Pages | : 3002 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8577776247 |
Este libro contiene 350 cuentos de 50 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Elegida sabiamente por el crítico literario August Nemo para la serie de libros 7 Mejores Cuentos, esta antología contiene los cuentos de los siguientes escritores: - Abraham Valdelomar - Antón Chéjov - Antonio de Trueba - Arturo Reyes - Baldomero Lillo - César Vallejo - Charles Perrault - Edgar Allan Poe - Emilia Pardo Bazán - Fray Mocho - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - Horacio Quiroga - Joaquín Díaz Garcés - Joaquín Dicenta - José Martí - José Ortega Munilla - Juan Valera - Julia de Asensi - Leonid Andréiev - Leopoldo Alas - Leopoldo Lugones - Oscar Wilde - Ricardo Güiraldes - Roberto Arlt - Roberto Payró - Rubén Darío - Soledad Acosta de Samper - Teodoro Baró - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Washington Irving - Alfred de Musset - Marqués de Sade - Saki - Marcel Schwob - Iván Turguéniev - Julio Verne - Émile Zola - Villiers de L'Isle Adam - Mark Twain - León Tolstoi - Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Ambrose Bierce - Mijaíl Bulgákov - Lewis Carroll - Arthur Conan Doyle - James Joyce - Franz Kafka - H. P. Lovecraft - Machado de Assis - Guy de Maupassant